The Breakers mansion was given its name for the waves that continually crash into the cliffs below.
The mansion was built as the Newport summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy United States Vanderbilt family, in an architectural style based on the #ItalianRenaissance.
The grand staircase built with shorter steps to accommodate ball gowns of the ladies coming down to the ballroom in the great hall.
